I have been with you from your creation now to your grave. You were never really the most popular Reddit app, but you were my Reddit app. I will miss you.

  • FartSmarter@lemmy.worldEnglish
    36·
    1 year ago

    BaconReader was my first Reddit app on Android all the way before there was even an official app. I remember one time the developer sent me some BaconReader stickers in the mail.

  • KuroJ@lemmy.worldEnglish
    26·
    1 year ago

    I feel sad seeing all of these goodbye posts from these developers that have put so much work into these apps only to have Reddit just spit in their face and not even be willing to negotiate any type of agreement

    • atocci@kbin.social
      1·
      1 year ago

      Are any app developers other than Sync moving to Lemmy? I like that that one will be more of a new beginning than an end.

      • KuroJ@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        I really hope so. I haven’t heard of any other than sync. I know the Apollo dev is taking a break and doesn’t have any plans of developing an app right now but I do hope that changes. I can say though that the developers that are making apps for Lemmy right now are very impressive.

        • Dave@lemmy.nzEnglish
          3·
          1 year ago

          Check out https://wefwef.app, it’s an apollo-like web client for Lemmy that you can log in to and use like an app. Your browser should let you install it on your phone like an app (normally you click the menu icon and find the “Install” option but it depends on your browser.

          • KuroJ@lemmy.worldEnglish
            6·
            1 year ago

            I’ve been using that one also! It’s very impressive for a web client. Pretty much been switching between Memmy and wefwef!

  • Gnarly🥓@lemmy.worldEnglish
    22·
    1 year ago

    Just logged into my new Lemmy, after also being in the sweet sweet frying pan of 🥓 To see this as basically the first post on my new news feed does feel good to be honest. I hope the migration goes well for us all!

    • AlataOrange@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      14·
      1 year ago

      Old Reddit used to be obsessed with bacon. To be fair much of the internet was at that time.

      A call sign you could use to identify a redditor in person was to ask “when does the narwhal bacon” with the response “it bacons at midnight”.

      Hence where bacon reader derives its name from.

      • peanut_boy@lemmy.worldEnglish
        62·
        1 year ago

        So there was a time where the most common phrase among redditors was “the narwhal bacons at midnight” and during this time redditors were concerned about non-redditors pretending to be redditors to seem cool.

        • AlataOrange@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
          6·
          1 year ago

          It was less about trying to find posers, and more about trying to find fellows. If you’ve ever played a semi obscure game and then seen someone with a bumper sticker or decal of that game you’d get the picture.

          That’s at the whole thing was very silly. Honestly the entirety of the internet at the time was much less serious and dour.

          • CodeInvasion@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            4·
            1 year ago

            much less serious

            EXCEPT when it came to grammar and spelling! Honestly, I miss that kind of pedantry from the old days.

            • CaptainApathetic@lemmy.worldEnglish
              2·
              1 year ago

              I remember when instead of getting downvoted for having a slightly different opinion you’d get downvoted for the minorest of grammar/spelling mistakes.

        • Donjuanme@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          1 year ago

          I thought it was to identify the people who didn’t go to the Reddit meet ups… Or was that something to do with waffles and carrots. I never got into the circle jerk side of Reddit

  • joat_mon@lemmy.worldEnglish
    10·
    1 year ago

    I tried almost all of the Reddit apps over the years but ended up with BR as I found it was the most polished. Thank you to the devs who put so much effort in, sorry to see it go.

  • Thalyssa@kbin.social
    9·
    1 year ago

    Shit man, BaconReader was the first Reddit app I downloaded. I eventually settled on RiF but this is just sad.

    Fuck spez.

  • WhoRoger@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8·
    1 year ago

    So many Reddit apps I’ve never even tried, and yet I feel sad seeing these kinds of posts.

  • relative_iterator@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    7·
    1 year ago

    I feel bad for these devs. I’m sure they’ll be fine but some of them have been maintaining their apps for a decade plus. You get attached to your code after that long.

  • Grimlo9ic@kbin.social
    7·
    1 year ago

    Others used RIF and Apollo, but I was firmly Team BaconReader from the moment I downloaded it a decade ago. I had deleted the application off my phone a few weeks back to help curb the habit, but seeing this now really hammered the nail into the coffin. At least it now has its own send off of sorts with one last update to the Play Store.

    On the off chance that they see this, thank you BaconReader devs for 12 years of service!!

  • whatalute@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    1 year ago

    In terms of sheer hours of use, buying the ad-free version of the app 10 or 11 years ago now was probably the best value purchase I’ve ever made. RIP BaconReader, it’s been a wonderful journey. :(